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The only thing I scheduled was bedtime. Ever since my son was about 2 months, he's had a bedtime routine and is in bed by around 8 pm (earlier if he's super tired and a little later when he's not). The rest of the day, he's pretty much made his own schedule. I'm pretty sure that my daycare provider has put him on a schedule that is convenient for her, which pisses me off a bit...but he doesn't seem to be harmed by it.

Yes babies need schedules. My kids all had schedules bx I thought that was the thing to do. Recently a friend of mine called me at 3 am bx she was awake and bored, I asked why she was awake and she replied that her 1yr old daughter was still awake. I realized that schedules are what is best for the family. If not a strict schedule, the child needs to learn boundaries early or this will happen to you. Transitioning to a non nocturnal life could be very difficult for baby otherwise, and in turn be very very hard on mommy

I didn't bother with a schedule until 6 months. My son made his own schedule and I try to follow it as well as I can. He normally eats at 9, 12, 4,7,and 9. If he is hungry and 11 I feed him. I would say the only important thing is to start a bedtime and morning routine and stick to it. If you can nail down a bedtime routine it will be a lot easier for baby to know when night time, and bedtime, is and will help with a daytime schedule.

and ds2 has only waken up once every night to eat since he was born :)

theyre 2.5 yrs old and 6 months old . and they arent on schedule . to eat and sleep they will be once they start attending daycare and pre school this summer but other than that . i let our daily lives be spontaneous (sp?) i have seen how theres always something that comes in our way and kinda ruins our "schedule" so why worry then ? lol

I don't have a schedule... I eat when I'm hungry, why should they be any different? Both of my boys have slept thru the night (with a few exceptions, not enough to complain about). I do keep normal occurances during nap time (tv on, vaccum, not whispering, no black out curtains) but bed time (usually between 9-10 depending on how restless they are) is dark and quiet, they both go to sleep within 10-15mins of laying down.

My children all have been on a routine since they were about 6months old. I nurse on demand but my 8 month and my 3 older boys eat breakfast at 830 then snack time at 10 lunch at 12 snack at 230 dinner at 5 baths at 630 bedtime by 830. We have found having 3 ADD children a set routine helps them to know what is next so they dont get anxious and lose focus as often!

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